Short story is: I hadnít cleaned my firebox in about three smokes on my Traeger and put on a pork butt this am at 0600 when I got off work.

I was up fighting sleep for quite a while before I fell asleep so I just woke up. I checked it and the smoker threw an error and shut itself off. The pork has a great bark but is cool to the touch and not finished cooking all the way (I can tell)

Can I put it in the oven to finish it off or is it a waste? My mom came over and says sheíd throw it out because itís pork.

Ok. So I put it back on at 1800. Got the temp set at *250 so it can continue to cook slow. Iíll stick a thermometer in it before I head off to work at 2200. I guess Iíll feed the boys at work tonight lol. Donít call 911 in District IV tonight, we may all be on the toilet and unable to answer calls.

so ill see what it taste like later. After it finished in the oven tonight I pulled it, let it cool and put it in the fridge for later. I am hoping it got enough smoke to give it a good flavor but I am pretty sure based off of the color when I realized the smoker was off. I am thinking it must have smoked from 0600 to about 1400 or so, 8 hours of smoke should have been plenty and I think I caught it right as it was cooled, just not finished cooking.

Lol I got home, shredded it and ate a sammich. It was great, I went to sleep and havenít visited the toilet so it was just fine. If the temp outside was warmer I wouldnít have even questioned it but since itís been so cool it didnít sit at a ďwarmĒ temp for any amount of time. It cooled, just cooled in the middle of the process of cooking. It turned out dang good.